Today, most people working in the retail supply chain industry are all too familiar with the Dodd-Frank Act provisions requiring companies to both track and trace conflict minerals used within their products, and report these results to the SEC. But even the most knowledgeable people working day-to-day with the regulation and its related compliance issues are still confused and frustrated by these newly imposed requirements.

With local agencies enforcing national regulations with their own emphasis and interpretations, China’s trade laws become extremely complex. In particular, many companies are turning to China Trade Management (CTM) software solutions to help them take advantage of China’s Processing Trade program, which can reduce product cost by 25 percent or more!

Join us for an upcoming webinar on Cutting Complexity from China Trade: Using CTM Software to Navigate Local Regulations, broadcasting live on Wednesday, October 8 at 2pm EDT. This webinar will review the results of a new Journal of Commerce study on China trade regulations, as well as review China’s trade landscape and address best practices for Chinese trade operations.

Results from Logistics Management's 23rd Annual Study of Logistics and Transportation Trends suggest that carriers, driven by a need to maximize profitability, are at a polar opposite with shippers who are focused on reducing their costs.

Amber Road's Global Knowledge® update process has received ISO 9001:2008 certification, an internationally recognized set of standards for quality management systems developed and published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).

The Global Knowledge® Update Process involves gathering, translating, interpreting and updating country-specific trade regulations for Amber Road's GTM solutions. These solutions enable companies to quickly and easily perform country-specific compliance checks for imported and exported goods, streamline and manage the selection of global carriers, and instantly book and manage international freight.

Last month, American Shipper and Amber Road broadcast a great webinar, "From GTM to CTM: A Closer Look at China's Processing Trade Program and Cross-Border Supply Chain." Our speakers, Amber Road's Kae-Por Chang and Ty Bornder and Delphi's Thomas Luo, got a lot of questions at the end of the webinar, and they weren't able to answer them all during the webcast. Luckily, they've answered them here!